Dr Gyda M. Sindre is Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Politics and IR at the University of York. Her research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of comparative politics, international relations and peace and conflict studies. Her main projects and publications focus on the political transformation of armed groups, post-war politics and governance, peacebuilding and the politics of mass atrocities. She is the founder of the Politics After War Network (www.politicsafterwar.com) and her work on post-conflict politics, particularly on the conversion of armed opposition groups into political parties has helped shaped that field of study. Her research has appeared in leading journals such as Political Geography, Government and Opposition, Party Politics, Civil Wars, alongside several edited books and journal special issues. She works closely with policy makers in the field of democracy support, peacebuilding and DDR. Dr Sindre is currently Director of the School of Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of York. She was previously a Marie Sklodowska Curie fellow at the University of Cambridge.
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